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Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees...a couple dozen since he took office, in part by arranging the long-delayed transfer of the ethnic Uighurs from China to the islands of Palau and Bermuda. In recent months a few European nations have agreed to accept some detainees, among them... In this article: Barack Obama, Guantanamo, United States, Detainee, and Islamic |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 01, 2009
Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo sent to Palau
Six Chinese Muslims who were held in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for almost eight years have arrived on the tiny Pacific island of Palau. Published: 4:44PM GMT 01 Nov 2009 The detainees from the Turkic Uighur minority were arrested...
In this article: Detainee, Guantanamo, US, China, Beijing, Guantanamo, Afghanistan, and Barack Obama
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 01, 2009
Six Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau: official
...as they waited for Toribiong to release details of their arrival. The president has said the stay in Palau is only temporary. The Uighurs now in Palau and those still at Guantanamo contend they should be released in the United States...
In this article: Republic of Palau, Detainee, United States, Barack Obama, Guantanamo, George W. Bush, Afghanistan, and China
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Stuff | October 31, 2009
Six Guantanamo Uighurs sent to Palau
...Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau. China had demanded that the Uighurs be returned there but the US government has said it could...
In this article: Detainee, Republic of Palau, United States, Guantanamo, China, Taiwan, Beijing, and New York
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Six Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau: US
Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs who had been held at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to the Pacific island nation of Palau to be resettled there, the US Justice Department and lawyers said. The men, who had been held on the US military base in...
In this article: Detainee, Republic of Palau, United States, Barack Obama, United States Supreme Court, Justice Department, Guantanamo Bay, and George W. Bush
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Reuters | October 31, 2009
U.S. sends 6 Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau
...has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation of Palau, an administration official and a rights group said on Saturday. The transfer leaves 215...
In this article: Detainee, Guantanamo, United States, Barack Obama, New York, and Supreme Court
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Palau /pəˈlaʊ/, officially the Republic of Palau (Beluu er a Belau), is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles (3,200 km) south of Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest sovereign states. In English, the name is sometimes spelled Belau in accordance with the native pronunciation. It was formerly also spelled Pelew.
- Name:
- Palau
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Palau
- Local Name:
- Beluu er a Belau
- Capital:
- Ngerulmud
- Language:
- English, Palauan
- Largest City:
- Koror
- Government type:
- Democratic presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- October 01, 1994
- Formations:
- Date
- Area:
- 177
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $164 million (2008 est.)
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 119
- Currency:
- US dollar
- Demonym:
- Palauan
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- USD
- Country Calling Code:
- 680
- ccTLD:
- .pw
- Anthem:
- Belau loba klisiich er a kelulul
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